Foldable wardrobe case



July 14, 1931. J, RVH-ER, JR 1,814,336

FOLDABLE WARDROBE CASE Filed Nov. 14.` 1929 TT ORNEYS Patented July 14,1931 UNITED STATES PATENToFFlcE JULIUSQRITTER, JR., OF RACINE,WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T HARTMANN TRUNK COM- PANY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN,

A coRPoRATIoN oF WISCONSIN FOILDABLE WARDROBE CASE Application medNovember 14, 1929. serial No. 407,105.l

This invention relates to improvements in foldable wardrobe cases.

It is one of the objects of the present in- Y vention to provide a threesection wardrobe case in which one of the sections is a drawer section,the ease being arranged to unfold or open in a novel manner to renderextremely accessible for packing all of the sections, especially thedrawer section.

A further object of the invention is to provide a three section foldablewardrobe case which is held open in a very convenient and accessibleposition, whereby all three sections may be easily reached and packed,the case when closed, maintaining the garments and apparel in thevarious sections in an orderly manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hand wardrobe case ofconvenient size and proportions which hasa relatively large capacity andwhich is designed to keep separated in their respective compartmentsvarious classes of garments and apparel.

A further object of the invention is to pro 125 vide a foldable wardrobecase which is of very simple construction, is strong and durable, and iswell adapted for'the purposes described. y Y l Vith the above and otherobjects in view "3A0 the invention consists of the improved foldablewardrobe case and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims,and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawings in which the same reference charactersindicate the same parts in all of the views Fig. 1 is a side view oftheimproved foldable wardrobe case, with a dotted line showing of thefoldable sections partially unfolded; u

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionallview of the wardrobe case inV open orunfolded position;

Fig. 3 is a front view thereof; y Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailvfragmentary sectional view taken on line 1-41 of Fig. 1; an

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail fragmentary sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the drawingsit will appear that thenumeral 8 indicates the wardrobe or covervsection. of the improvedwardrobe case, which section is rectangular and is U-shaped incross-section. Tok the inner edge of the end wall 9 ofsaid wardrobesectionL the edge portion of a substantially square compartment section10 is connected by hinges 11. A drawer section 12 is conneetedat itslower outer edge by hinges 13 with vafront outer edge portion of thecompartment section 10. Both sections 10 and 12 are also U-shaped incrosssection.

The upper, inner, opposite side portions of the wardrobe section 8 areprovided with parallel foldable garment'hanger tracks 14 and garmenthangers 15 are slidably mounted on the tracks and are arranged to holdwearing apparel which may be of a length'to depend into the lowerportion' of said wardrobe section. There are Aalso secured to oppositeinner side walls of the wardrobe section, brackets 16 which areadjustablyand detachably engaged by the clasp ends 17 of a flexiblegarment retainer bar 18, said bar being adapted to engage intermediateportions of garments suspended from the hangers to hold the samecompactly within the wardrobesection and to prevent displacement of thegarments.

The interior of the compartment section 10 is divided by a transversepartition 19 into a large outer compartment 2O and a narrow innercompartment 21. Thev compartment 2O may serve for the vreception ofvarious types of garments and articles or hats and is provided withstraps 22 formaintaining apparel therein in proper position. The nar rowinner` compartment 21 may serve as a shoe boX, or, if garments suspendedfrom hangers within the wardrobe section 8 are too long to be entirelycontained therein, their lower end portions may be depended into thecompartment 21. y

Within the other foldable or drawer seetion 12`,-on opposite inner sidewalls. thereof t adjacent the open vportion of saidA section, are rightangular guides 22 adapted to slidably receive andk support edge portionsof a drawer 23. SaidV drawery is adapted to be slidably extended throughan opening 24 in an end of the drawer section, and the outer end wall ofthe drawer is provided with tabs 26 for convenience in manipulating thesame.

The sections of the improved foldable wardrobe case, when in closedposition, are disposed-as shown in full lines in Fig. l. It will benoted that the outer edge portions of the walls of the wardrobe sectionare formed with tongue Valances 27 to lodge within groove"valances 28formed in the outer edge portions of the walls of the sections 10 and12, whereby a tight joint is elfected when the case is closed..Latches-29 and 30 secure the sections in closed position, while handlesBland 32 are positioned for convenience in carrying' the case.

When the improvedwardrobe case is te be opened it is first held inthehposition shown in Fig. 1, somewhat elevated from the floor, and whenthe latches are opened or released the sections 10 and 12 may be foldedor allowed to fall away from the wardrobe section 8, in the manner shownby dotted lines in Fig. 1. The ultimate position of the compartmentsection 10 is at right angles to the wardrobe section, while the drawersec- 'tion folds to a reversed position below the compartment sectionagainst its lower wall, and serving, in this position, as a support forthe other sections, as shown in Figs. 2 and In this position the end ofthe section 12 with the opening 24 therein is directed outwardly so thatthe drawer 23 is readily accessible, while the open portion of thecompartmentA section 10 is also very accessible. Also, the wardrobesection is vertically positioned for packing or unpacking and istherefore conveniently disposed. The wardrobe section is held verticallywith respect to the compartmentI section 10 by means of hinged straps33. Vhen the wardrobe case is in its open position it may be placedagainst a wall in a very compact manner and will not protrude undulytherefrom, and at the same time all sections Vof the case 'are extremelyaccessible and serve to hold apparel very compactly, orderly andconveniently.

From the foregoing description it will be seen'that the improvedfoldable wardrobe case is both simple and novel, and is well adapted forthe purposes described.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

l. A wardrobe case, comprising a main section, a small section hingedlyconnected to an inner end portion of the same, a second small sectionhingedly connected to the free end portion of the first-mentioned smallsection and foldable from a position of alignment with respect theretoto a reversed position against the outer wall of said first-mentionedsmall section, and aV drawer slidably mounted in one of said smallsections.

2. A wardrobe case, comprising an elongated wardrobe section, acompartment section hingedly connected to an inner end portion of thesame, and a drawer section hingedly connected to the free end portion ofthe compartment section and foldable from aposition of alignment withrespect thereto to a reversed position against the outer wall of saidcompartment section, the combined length of the compartment and drawersections being equal to the lengthof the wardrobe section to beyclosed-bythe latter in cer- Y tain positions.

wardrobe case, comprising an elongated wardrobe-section, a compartmentsection hingedly connected to an inner end portion of the same, a drawersection hingedly connected to the free end portion of the compartmentsection and foldable'from a position of alignment withrespect thereto toa reverse-d position against the outer wall of said compartment section,and a drawer slidtion, the arrangement being such that in open iposition of the ease the drawer section is in a folded reversed positionsupporting thereon in folded relation the compartment section with thewardrobe section extending vertically tion.

5. A wardrobe case, comprising an elongated wardrobe section havinggarment hangers mounted in its outer end portion, a compartment sectionhingedly connected -to an inner end portion of the vwardrobe scction, adrawer section hingedly connected to the free end portion of thecompartment section and foldable'from a position of alignment withrespect thereto to a reversed pofrom an edge of the compartment sec- Vsition against' the'outer wall of said compartment section, the combinedlength lof the compartment and drawer sections being equal to the lengthof the wardrobe section to be closed by the two former sections, adrawer slidably mounted Iwithin' said drawer section and eXtensiblethrough the free end thereof,l and foldablemeans between the wardrobesection and the compartmentsection for releasably holding'the same inopen position.

In testimony whereof, I my signature.

. JULIUS'RITTER-JR.

